Journalist Arrested

Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Media rights groups have called for South Sudanese authorities to release six journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself.

The action against SP Singh came under fire from opposition parties, which claimed that he was arrested from the cremation ground in Mohali on Saturdya when he was performing the last rites of his father and veteran journalist NS Parwana.

The judge said Alves had been under provisional arrest for three months and could not be held any longer without "strong reasons" to detain him.

Police on Tuesday arrested a journalist from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a 2017 case, officials said.

Britain's government on Monday condemned Chinese police after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai, the latest incident to test relations between the countries.

China's foreign ministry said Monday that a BBC reporter arrested at a protest in Shanghai over the weekend had not identified himself as a journalist, after the British broadcaster said one of their staff had been arrested and beaten by police.

Uttar Pradesh Police said on November 23, journalist Manish Pandey registered a complaint at Hazratganj Police Station against an unidentified person running the Samajwadi Party media cell's Twitter account, @MediaCellSP

Actor Suhasini Mulay has offered to stand guarantee for the house arrest of journalist Gautam Navlakha, who is in jail since April 2020 in a case of having alleged links with Maoist.

The video in question makes several claims in connection with the violence in Mominpore-Ekbalpore, which, the authorities say, are untrue and factually incorrect

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-coup protest for three more years for violating immigration law, a diplomatic source told AFP.

Marina Ovsyannikova came to international prominence in March by walking out in front of studio cameras during a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war"

Iran stepped up pressure on celebrities and journalists Thursday over the wave of women-led protests sparked by outrage over the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the Islamic republic's morality police.

Kerala police on Monday said they have arrested Malayalam actor Sreenath Bhasi for allegedly hurling abusive words at a woman journalist during an interview.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against him is still pending, officials of the prison department said.

Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Media rights groups have called for South Sudanese authorities to release six journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself.

The action against SP Singh came under fire from opposition parties, which claimed that he was arrested from the cremation ground in Mohali on Saturdya when he was performing the last rites of his father and veteran journalist NS Parwana.

The judge said Alves had been under provisional arrest for three months and could not be held any longer without "strong reasons" to detain him.

Police on Tuesday arrested a journalist from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a 2017 case, officials said.

Britain's government on Monday condemned Chinese police after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai, the latest incident to test relations between the countries.

China's foreign ministry said Monday that a BBC reporter arrested at a protest in Shanghai over the weekend had not identified himself as a journalist, after the British broadcaster said one of their staff had been arrested and beaten by police.

Uttar Pradesh Police said on November 23, journalist Manish Pandey registered a complaint at Hazratganj Police Station against an unidentified person running the Samajwadi Party media cell's Twitter account, @MediaCellSP

Actor Suhasini Mulay has offered to stand guarantee for the house arrest of journalist Gautam Navlakha, who is in jail since April 2020 in a case of having alleged links with Maoist.

The video in question makes several claims in connection with the violence in Mominpore-Ekbalpore, which, the authorities say, are untrue and factually incorrect

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-coup protest for three more years for violating immigration law, a diplomatic source told AFP.

Marina Ovsyannikova came to international prominence in March by walking out in front of studio cameras during a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war"

Iran stepped up pressure on celebrities and journalists Thursday over the wave of women-led protests sparked by outrage over the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the Islamic republic's morality police.

Kerala police on Monday said they have arrested Malayalam actor Sreenath Bhasi for allegedly hurling abusive words at a woman journalist during an interview.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against him is still pending, officials of the prison department said.